Robert Lockwood, Jr. at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Robert Lockwood, Jr. peacefully closes his eyes as he plays a guitar at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Robert Lockwood, Jr. at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Robert Lockwood, Jr., wearing a flat cap, purses his lips during a close-up photo is taken of his face and guitar headstock during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Robert Lockwood, Jr. at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Robert Lockwood, Jr., wearing a flatcap, looks seriously over a microphone as he holds an electric guitar on his lap during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Robert Lockwood, Jr. at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival
Robert Lockwood, Jr., one of the national acts to appear at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival, looks seriously out over a microphone as he strums a guitar sitting on his lap with only his right...
Robert Lockwood, Jr. at the W.C. Handy Awards
Robert Lockwood Jr., wearing a fedora, listens intently to an unidentified African American woman across the table from him. An unidentified African American man is to Robert's right, facing right, on...
Rod Fleeman performs at the American Heartland Theater
Rod Fleeman, wearing a three-piece suit, looks down at this left hand suppressing the strings of a guitar as he strums with his right hand at the American Heartland Theater.
Rod Piazza at the Grand Emporium
Rod Piazza, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses, blows into an amplified harmonica that he clutches with his left hand and controls the sound with his right.
Rod Piazza, Evie Quarles, and Miss Honey Piazza
Rod Piazza, wearing sunglasses, sits to the right of Evie Quarles and Miss Honey Piazza sits to Evie's left. All three are smiling at the camera.
Roger Naber and Julia Naber celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Grand Emporium
Roger Naber, wearing a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar, cuts a 20th Anniversary cake with the outline of his face on it, while Julia Naber waits on the other side of the table with...
Roger Naber at the Grand Emporium
Roger Naber smiles at the photographer as he talks on the telephone and sits at his messy desk in his messy office at the Grand Emporium.
Roger Naber receives the Lee Oskar Award at the 25th anniversary of the Grand Emporium
An unidentified woman presents a plaque of the Lee Oskar Award to Roger Naber during 25th anniversary of one of the juke joints in Kansas City called the Grand Emporium. An unidentified guitarist is...
Roger Naber, Mary Faith, Brody Buster, and Shannon Curfman at the Grand Emporium
Brody Buster and Shannon Curfman, national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand next to Roger Naber and Mary Faith in front of the signature wall and all smile at the photographer.
Roland Allen and Don Shipps at the Grand Emporium
Roland Allen closes his eyes and grimaces as he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar with Don Shipps behind him with his eyes closed as he plays a guitar also at the Grand Emporium for the...
Roma Firman at the Grand Emporium
Roma Firman furrows her brow as she sings into a microphone held in her right hand as she splays the fingers of her left hand toward the crowd during the Hope House Benefit at the Grand Emporium.
Ron Edwards at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest
Ron Edwards looks down at the neck of a guitar he is playing with a bottleneck during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Ron Teamer & Smokin' Guns at the Grand Emporium
Ron Teamer & Smokin' Guns stand outside of the Grand Emporium during the Blues Challenge 2003.
Ron Teamer at the Grand Emporium
Ron Teamer, wearing a cowboy hat, looks seriously down in front of himself as he plays a guitar with beads on leather laces hanging from the neck of the guitar, at the Grand Emporium.
Ronnie Baker Brooks at the Grand Emporium
Ronnie Baker Brooks, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar.
Ronnie Dawson at the Grand Emporium
Ronnie Dawson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, mouth opened wide, leans over an electric guitar he is playing.
Ronnie James Weber at the Grand Emporium
Ronnie James Weber, one of the national acts to perform at the After Fest Jam at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the neck of a bass guitar he is playing. A pin up girl decorates his guitar.
Ronnie McFadden performs at Crown Center
Ronnie McFadden stands blowing into the saxophone in a suit at Crown Center.
Rory Block at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Rory Block closes her eyes and lifts her chin high as she plays a slide guitar at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.
Rosco Gordon and Doug James at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Rosco Gordon plays a grand piano and sings into a microphone as Doug James waits, sitting on a high stool at the head of the piano looking down at the floor while holding a baritone saxophone between...
Rosco Gordon and Duke Robillard at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Rosco Gordon, wearing leather pants, leather fringed jacket, and a flat cap, stands and sings into a microphone to the right of Duke Robillard, who is smiling as he plays an electric guitar during the...
Rosco Gordon at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS
Rosco Gordon, wearing a leather flat cap, a leather jacket with fringe, and leather pants, smiles down at his hands while playing a grand piano during the 4th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at...